Reactionaries can't get enough Asabiyyah -- so is there any evidence it has ever won a modern war?
@PorphyConob Clearly the Soviets were not free to go Chinghis Khan on the Jihadis. If they had, they'd undoubtedly have won.
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@Outsideness ...Heraclius (no slouch as a innovative leader) would have kept the Arabs out of E.Rome. He didn't. Khaldun attributes Asa. -
@PorphyConob I don't think I disagree with any of this (why 'modern war' was specified). Industrialism / PR change the crucial equations.
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@Outsideness Well that's true of almost everyone but that's part of the point, no? Islam did go Chingis, E.Rome & Persia not so much in 7thCThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@Outsideness Anyhow, I'm not an adherent of any of these, I was just throwing them out as the sort of things ppl would point to.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@Outsideness Devil is in much of the details of even 7th century Islam-vs.-Empires example. If some things had been different...Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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